The last three years or so have seen the death of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). This is a theory that starts with a banal observation — that a government that…
It was a busy week for the issue of reparations across America. HF 2397 was introduced last week by freshman state Rep. Samakab Hussein (DFL-St. Paul) as the “Minnesota Migration…
While most of their peers were in algebra or English class Monday morning, a group of students gathered in the Capitol rotunda to listen to speeches in favor of a…
The idea that investing in child care will bring with it huge rewards is big in St. Paul. Speaking at Laura MacArthur Elementary School in West Duluth regarding his “One…
In a belated move, the state Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit against the free-food nonprofit ThinkTechAct in early January 2023. Ellison narrowly won re-election as Attorney General last…
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Minnesota is in the top 10 for marginal state individual income tax rate CBS News: Minnesota officials set to release new…
The political campaign of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz returned a maximum $4,000 donation from Nishad Singh, a key figure in the FTX cryptocurrency scandal. The money was originally donated by…
Minnesota's workforce is shrinking. Between June and December 2022, the number of people employed in Minnesota fell by 38,724.
There’s another threat to U.S. border security that continues to fly under the radar. With the focus largely on millions illegally crossing into the U.S. on the southern border under…
Xcel Energy is seeking to increase your electric bills to pay for electric vehicle charging stations. You can sign American Experiment’s petition below to tell the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission…
HF 2486 was submitted by Rep. Cedric Frazier (DFL-New Hope) at the Minnesota legislature yesterday. The bill would implement ranked-choice voting (RCV) for all state and federal offices in time…
According to the latest Thinking Minnesota poll (February 26-28), an overwhelming majority (60%) of Minnesotans oppose restoring the right to vote for convicted felons. The poll results were released by…
Catching up with news from last month. On Feb. 7, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS) had moved to shut down two adult…
Unnerved by the velocity of firearms-related bills moving forward in the DFL-controlled legislature, the Crow Wing County Board of Commissioners elected to fire off a sort of warning shot of…
State Representative Athena Hollins, DFL-St. Paul has introduced legislation that would require Minnesota to build 3,000 megawatts (MW) of energy storage in the state by 2034. Assuming lithium-ion batteries are…
The inaugural City of Minneapolis’ Black History Month Expo was held at the city convention center last Saturday. Officially billed as the “I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams Expo” the…
Earlier today the Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee held a hearing on bill SF 0009 which proposes to expand Minnesota’s child care and dependent care credit. Currently, families with incomes less…
In 19 public schools across the state, not a single student tested could do grade-level math during the 2021-2022 school year, according to an American Experiment analysis of state assessment…
Several Southern States experienced rolling blackouts during the week of Christmas as Winter Storm Elliot caused electricity demand in some areas, such as the Tennesee Valley Authority (TVA), to surge…
Long after the lockdowns and mask mandates, local governments are still searching for somebody, anybody, to award hundreds of thousands of dollars in unspent taxpayer funds received during the pandemic…
Back in 2017 when she was Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen said the following to what was then a $20 trillion national debt. I would simply say that I am…
Four free-food nonprofits are suing the Dept. of Education. Free-food lawsuits may be Minnesota’s biggest growth industry. Last week, the always alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 noticed that the state…
Yesterday, leaders of the Republican minority at the Minnesota Legislature rolled out their $13 billion “Give It Back” plan. This would dedicate most of the state’s $17.5 billion forecast budget surplus for…
New teacher licensure requirements from Gov. Tim Walz’s Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) that include requiring aspiring educators to “demonstrate” ideologically driven content risk exacerbating the teacher shortage.…